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Lonely Planet Australia (Country Travel Guide) [Paperback]

Justine Vaisutis (Author), Lindsay Brown (Author), Jayne D'Arcy (Author), Katja Gaskell (Author), Paul Harding (Author), Virginia Jealous (Author), Rowan Mckinnon (Author), Charles Rawlings-Way (Author), Tom Spurling (Author), Penny Watson (Author)
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Publication Date: December 1, 2009 | Series: Country Travel Guide
No one knows Australia like Lonely Planet…remember, we live here! We know where Sydney's best surf beaches are, where to get the best coffee in Melbourne's cobbled lanes, and how to cross the great red plains in a van without getting scorched.

Lonely Planet guides are written by experts who get to the heart of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is packed with accurate, practical and honest advice, designed to give you the information you need to make the most of your trip.

In This Guide:

Full Coverage. Bustling cities, outback trails and everything in between.
Road Atlas. 16-page color map section, to navigate the country's highways and byways
Unique Green Index to help make your travels as ecofriendly as you wish

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Nobody covers the world like Lonely Planet.' --New York Post, May 2004
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Who We Are
At Lonely Planet, we see our job as inspiring and enabling travelers to connect with the world for their own benefit and for the benefit of the world at large.

What We Do
* We offer travelers the world's richest travel advice, informed by the collective wisdom of over 350 Lonely Planet authors living in 37 countries and fluent in 70 languages.
* We are relentless in finding the special, the unique and the different for travellers wherever they are.
* When we update our guidebooks, we check every listing, in person, every time.
* We always offer the trusted filter for those who are curious, open minded and independent.
* We challenge our growing community of travelers; leading debate and discussion about travel and the world.
* We tell it like it is without fear or favor in service of the travelers; not clouded by any other motive.

What We Believe
We believe that travel leads to a deeper cultural understanding and compassion and therefore a better world. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Product Details

  • Paperback: 1092 pages
  • Publisher: Lonely Planet; 15 edition (December 1, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 174179160X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1741791600
  • Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.3 x 1.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #482,979 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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61 of 64 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I started to use Lonely Planet 15 years ago. I can say that I am a witness of how much quality deteriorite it has been. I used to just buy it by default. It was a Bible for me. But, a BIG but, this Lonely Planet Australia set a new lowest standard for the series.

First of all, it had so old information. The hostels listed in the book in Sydeny probably were closed more than 5 years ago. One hostel in bondi beach that I wanted to go that was listed in the book. When I showed up in the hotel address, there was a internet café and pub. No hostel at all.

Second. The most unbelieveable of all, the book I have, which is 2004 version, has no mention at all about the Olympic Village in Sydeny. Oh my God! Sydney Olympic was in 2000. Can you believe that after 4 years, they still didn't update it? I was reading it again and again, before I throw this book away to trash can, I still didn't belive that they can omit all the information about Olympic, like the village, the boat to go there, like the stadium... they pretend that there is no such a thing!

I know that Lonely Plante started many years ago in Australia, by some Australian backpackers. So it is a REAL shame that Lonely Planet Australia is so bad. If there is negative score, I will give that. As one star is minimum, I have to give that. But my true belief is that this book deserves negative 5 stars!!!
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73 of 78 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Since the late 90's Lonely Planet have been dwindling down the number of destinations and hostel listings in these guides and replacing that space with more five star hotels, fine dining and other useless information backpackers will never use. In this edition Lonely Planet lists the most expensive Hotel in Australia, Palazzo Versace in their Gold Coast accommodation listings. They are so out of touch with their target market now it is not funny.

Buy the Backpackers Ultimate Guide (BUG) Australia instead as it is what Lonely Planet and Lets Go used to be. A comprehensive coverage of all hostels in a destination, not just the one or two that pay to be listed and no weight increasing space taking up useless information that we backpackers do not want to lug around an entire continent.

If you can find an old copy from ten years ago buy it otherwise give Lonely Planet a miss!
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Format:Paperback
I just wrote a review of Australia Handbook and decided to have a look at the reviews for Lonely Planet's Australia guide. I bought both books as well as Frommer's and Fodor's guides for my trip to Australia. I have used many Lonely Planet guides through the years, but must agree with the comments of other posted reviews--it is oriented almostly solely to young people out looking for a a job picking fruit and wanting to know the latest nightclub hotspot. I did find the first sections of this book to be thorough on the country's history and what to expect, but as for myself and my wife (40 year olds staying in motels and with a rental car) it was useless once we got there. Lonely Planet is also way behind when it comes to listing websites.

These books may serve budget travelers well, but for my money, it's the Frommer's or Moon book.

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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Comprehensive but could be improved.
This is a very comprehensive guide to Australia and will be very useful to travelers like myself who travel on a limited budget even if not in the first flush of youth. Read more
Published 14 months ago by scifiguy57
comprehensive as always
I'm a big fan of LP books, and I've tried some of their competitors and still think LP is the best. This was advertised as being "used" but I can't see why, which made it a real... Read more
Published 18 months ago by MickSD77
Rather weak for a LP-guidebook
I have dozens of Lonely Planet guides in my bookshelf and still use them on most of my travels abroad and although standards did change over time (quite a natural thing if you... Read more
Published 18 months ago by werner35
Australia guidebook
Excellent book, covers everything the tourist would want to know about Australia. With 1116 pages, however, it is rather bulky to carry on the trip.
Published 23 months ago by Helen Quinn
Great book -- but not on Kindle
Lonely Planet guides are phenomenal, and I would recommend them -- but they are not yet ready for prime time on Kindle. The only way to read the book (on Kindle) is page by page. Read more
Published 24 months ago by Silverella
good book - but not the kinldle version!
from what i can tell, it is a good guide book. however it hasnt been indexed this means that you cant type in a word like a park name and go to it directly. Read more
Published on December 9, 2009 by Joan
Great book with lots of help for the traveler
Australia is a huge country with so much to see and do. This book is a significant help in working out where we can go and should go in a period of time. Read more
Published on December 5, 2009 by Karen
Great Resource
I've traveled to a lot of countries with Lonely Planet guides, and they're always good, but they seem to particularly shine in countries with wide-open spaces, such as Australia. Read more
Published on January 16, 2009 by Cynthia Clampitt
Good guide
I have been using Lonely Planet guides for all of my overseas trips. I would not think of traveling without one. Read more
Published on November 14, 2008 by P. Reese
Thorough, Accurate, Invaluable!
I'd heard from friends that the Lonely Planets guides are spot-on for travel. I bought Australia before I went in Sept. Read more
Published on October 2, 2008 by Jan in Texas
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